A history of conversion to islam in the united states. Volume 1, White American Muslims before 1975 / by Patrick D. Bowen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowen, Patrick D., author.

Series:

Muslim minorities ; v. 18.

Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; volume 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim converts--United States.

Muslim converts.

Islam--United States--History.

Islam.

Muslims--United States.

Muslims.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Other Title:

White American Muslims before 1975

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975 is the first in-depth study of the thousands of white Americans who embraced Islam between 1800 and 1975. Drawing from little-known archives, interviews, and rare books and periodicals, Patrick D. Bowen unravels the complex social and religious factors that led to the emergence of a wide variety of American Muslim and Sufi conversion movements. While some of the more prominent Muslim and Sufi converts—including Alexander Webb, Maryam Jameelah, and Samuel Lewis—have received attention in previous studies, White American Muslims before 1975 is the first book to highlight previously unknown but important figures, including Thomas M. Johnson, Louis Glick, Nadirah Osman, and T.B. Irving.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

From Renegades to Transcendentalists

The Occult Revival

The Makings of a Muslim Missionary

Islamophilic Masonry

The Rise and Fall of a Brotherhood

The Post-Movement Years

The Non-Orthodox Transition

New Bonds

Uniting Muslim Communities

The Postwar Shift

Reorientation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30069-4

OCLC:

918983730

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004300699 DOI